Oxo tin
Category
Historic Services / Food & drink preparation
Date
circa 1900 - circa 1950
Materials
Metal
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Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire
NT 82650
Summary
A small rectangular metal tin with hinged lid, white on a red and black hexagonal ground. Marked 'Oxo Cubes'. Marked on underside of lid 'Children love Oxo with milk and thrive on it. Oxo provides delicious soups and gravies in a few minutes and enriches all meat dishes. Oxo - the Cook's best friend', 'Sole Manufacturers Oxo Limited', 'By Appointment to HM The King, Oxo Limited, Thames House, London'. Contains two small pencil stubs, a rusty tag, 4 drawing pins, some tacks, a safety pin, and a scrap of paper 'Regsan Family Ointment'.
Provenance
Anonymous donation to the National Trust for the furnishing of Fen Cottage.